Elevated carrier.



UNITED STATES LOUIS A. MARTIN, OF STEVENS POINT, VWISOOIN'SIY, ASSIGNOROF ONE- I PATENT oEEIoE.

HALF TO GEORGE E. VAUGHN, OF STEVENS POINT, 'ISOONSIN.

' ELEvATz-:D CARRIER. i

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906.

1:" pplication filed May 14. 1906. Serial No. 316.826.

To rtZl whom, it may concern:

Be it. known that I, LOUIS A. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Stevens Point, in the county of Portage, State ofW'isconsimhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in ElevatedCarriers, of which the following is a specification, referenee being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

` This invention relates to an elevated carrier, and particularly to astructure involving an automatic dump-bucket controlled by means carriedby the track er way for the carrier thereof. x5 The invention has for'an objectI to provide a novel and improved construction of carrierwhereby the bucket or receptacle may be vertically adjusted or elevatedrelative thereto and the carrier maintained in a substantially zohorizontal position while traveling upon an inclined track or way.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved constructionand arrangement of latch mechanism for retaining the bucket in carryingpc. ition and for permitting the automatic dumping thereof whenwithdrawn from engagement with the bucket.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will hehereinafter fully set 3o forth and the novel features thereof defined bythe appended claims.

In thel drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation rof the invention. Fig. 2is an end view thereof., and Fig. 3 is a detail section on the 3` line'33Fig. 1.

Likenumerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews of the drawings. l The numeral 1 designates the frame of the 4ocarrierffwhich may be of any desired constructionv or configuration andis provided at its opposite ends with depending hangers 3, preferabl:Tof tubular shape and adapted to receive the carrier-rods 4, havingattheir lower ends pivots 5 for the bucket 6. This carrier is adapted totravel in any desired manner upon the track or way, preferably oneinclined in position, as shown at 7, and for the purpose of maintainingthe bucket in 5o a. horizontal plane during its travel upon suchinclined track the wheels 8 and 9 thereof are mounted in t. e frame 10and at different distances from tlA e top of the carrier 1, so

as to compensate for the inclination of the track 7. The wheel 8 isdisposed substantially over the center of the bucket, so as to secure abearing with the minimum of frictional resistance, while the wheel 9prevents anylongitudinal rocking of the carrier in its travel. The frame1() is connected with the carrier by means of standards 11, and for thepurpose of retaining the parts upon the track,

7 a wheel 12 is disposed beneath the same and carried by the hanger 13,extending downward from the journal of the Wheel 9.

The telescoping hangers 3 and rods 4 allow for the vertical adjustmentof the bucket relative to the carrier in order that the same may belowered to the ground for the purpose of loading and then raised so asto travel clear thereof. This elevation of the bucket is adapted to beaccomplished by the cable 14, connected to a rod, as shown at 15, andextending over the bearing-pulleyl 16 to a winding-shaft 17. Leading tothis shaft is a further cord or cable 1S, connected at 19 to a rod atthe opppsite end of the bucket. The winding-shaft 17 is provided with aratchetwheel 20, adapted to be held in position by a pawl 21, pivotallymounted upon the carrier at 22, as shown in Fig. 1-

For the purpose of retaining the bucket in its normal posit-ion, asshown in Fig. 1, a

latchin 23 is provided and adapted to engage etween oppositely-disposedlu 24, carried by the end wall 25 of the bucket. This pin extendsthrough an opening 26 in one of the rods 4 and is pivotally connected at27 with the operating-lever 28, which at its lower end is pivoted by theangular arm 29 to the bottom of the rod 4, as shown. The upper end ofthelever 2S is provided with a telescoping casinfY 31, connected by the rod32 with the tripever 33, which is pivotally mounted upon the carrier at34 and rovided with the contact-roller 35 at its ee end, which in thetravel of the carrier is adapted to engage the stop-block 36 upon thetrack and be thus shifted to withdraw the latch from the bucket. Thebucket is pivotally nf'unted at one side of its exact center in thebearings 5, so that when this latch is withdrawn the contents of thebucket are dumped by gravit In the operation of the invention it will beseen that the bucket may be lowered to re- IOO oscillation or movementdue to the im act;

or pressure necessary to carry the saine a ong the track and alsoprevents any jumping or dis lacement of the same fron; the track.

he invention is especially adapted for use in stables and barns as ameans for carrying manure. Thile the telescoping construction retainsthe parts always in connected relation against lateral movement whilepermitting a vertical adjustment toward and from each other, the latchmechanism is also constructed and arranged to permit this adjustment. Itwill also be noted that the disposition of the carrier-Wheels atditlerent points from the carrier equalizes the inclination of thetrack, so that the carrier and its bucket travel in a horizontal plane,thus preventinglany spilling or dumping of the contents ereof in theirmovement along the l ILUA.

In order to effect an easy operation of the latch and trip, the formermay be duplicated at the opposite ends of the bucket, as shown in Fig.1, by connecting each latch with the opposite ends of the trip-lever.

Having now described my invention and set forth its merits, What Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an elevated carrier, a carriage provided With depending portions,a bucket and support mounted thereon for vertical movement, atransversely-disposed winding-shaft upon the carriage, elevating-cablesextending from the o posite ends of the bucketsupport to said s aft, anda latching mechanism pivotally mounted upon the carriagesupport at thelower end thereof.

2. In an elevated carrier, a carriage, a.v

bucket supported therefrom, an operatinglever pivotally mounted at lthelower end of the bucket-support, a latch-bar carried by said lever toengage said bucket, and means for actuating the upper end of said leverto operate tbe latch-bar.

3. In an elevated carrier, a carnage, a bucket supported therefrom, anoperatinglever pivot-ally mounted below the pivot 'of the bucket, alatch-bar carried by said lever and passing through the bucket-supportto engage the bucket, and a trip-lever supported upon the carriage andconnected by a rod With the operating-lever. l

4. In an elevated carrier, a carriage, a bucket supported therefrom, acarrier-Wheel mounted above the carriage centrally of the length of thebucket, a guide-wheel supported from the carriage at one end thereof, ahanger depending from the guide-wheel,

land a roller carried by said hanger beneath the guide-Wheel.

5. In an elevated carrier, a carriage hfving a supporting-Wheel, tubularhangers depending rom said carriage, rods telescoping into said hangers,a bucket pivotally mount-- ed at the lower end of said rods,elevatingcables extending from said rods to a Windingshaft carried bythe carriage, a latch-pin adapted to engage one end of the bucket anddisposed Within a b: firing carried by one supporting-rod thereof, anoperating-lever for said latch pi tally mounted at the lower vend ofsaid supporting-rod, a telescoping section at the upper end of saidoperating-lever, and a pivoted trip-lever disposed upon the carriage andconnected to said telescoping section.

In testimony whereof I affix in presence of two Witnesses.

LOUIS A. MARTIN.

my signature Witnesses:

STEVE HAUTZINGEB, H. J. FINCH.

